Deck the halls with a furry red Muppet. Sesame Street's Elmo makes a rare prime-time network appearance Sunday as the star of a new special, Elmo's Christmas Countdown (ABC, 7 ET/PT). Assisted by actor Ben Stiller, who narrates Countdown as the Muppet Stiller the Elf, Elmo and pals save Christmas through a search for the numbers 1 through 10.

The lights remain dark at most Broadway theaters, as the latest round of marathon negotiations between the League of American Theatres and Producers and stagehands union Local One ended without an agreement, shortly before 8 a.m. Tuesday. Talks are set to resume Wednesday morning at 10 a.m.

Curtain up for the Grinch. Twenty-six more shows to go. Performances resume at 11 a.m. Friday after a Manhattan judge ordered the reopening of Dr. Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas! despite the ongoing Broadway stagehands strike that has shut down more than two dozen plays and musicals.

There was plenty of disappointment to go around for theatergoers as more than two dozen plays and musicals were closed on day one of the walkout. The striking stagehands distributed handouts to ticket holders apologizing, and explaining that producers are demanding a 38% pay cut.